Megastorm rumbles toward the Northeast
Coastal New England braces for nor’easter; Texas may see snow
A blockbuster snowstorm with blizzard conditions could bring travel to a standstill across parts of the Northeast on Monday, just days after another major storm pummeled the area.
The most snow is expected in coastal New England, along with the maritime provinces of Canada, which could get 1 to 2 feet, says Alex Sosnowski, an AccuWeather senior meteorologist.
The storm will develop into a powerful nor’easter with blizzard conditions expected for parts of Maine as winds intensify, the National Weather Service said. Winter storm warnings were in effect Sunday from Upstate New York to northern Maine, where snowfall of 8 to 16 inches was likely with locally higher amounts.
High wind warnings also were in effect along the Appalachians from North Carolina to West Virginia and across portions of Maryland and New Jersey.
“It is a dangerous storm because of high winds, low visibility and heavy snow,” Lenore Correia, a weather service meteorologist in Taunton, Mass., told the Associated Press. “It’s a big snowstorm, but nothing we haven’t seen before either.”
The Boston public school system announced it would be closed Monday.
Nearly 800 flights within, arriving or departing the U.S. were canceled Sunday, according to tracking service FlightAware.com.
In Texas, cool air will sweep away July-like heat that broke records on Friday and Saturday. Amarillo’s expected high of 35 on Monday could be 55 degrees lower than on Saturday, according to AccuWeather.
“As hard as it is to believe, there will be some snow and wintry mix with this storm just days after areas reached or exceeded 90,” said Dan Pydynowski, AccuWeather senior meteorologist.